Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Colman Dickie, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Colman Dickie registered to vote in Walker County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Walker County
Colman Dickie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Colman Dickie
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Bolman his X mark Dickie"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dickie in Walker County
- Absalam Dickieborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Lang Dickieborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Quince Dickieborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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